Course description
Leading strategic change is a crucial skill for senior business leaders who aim to drive organisational growth and adapt to evolving market dynamics.
Our Leading Strategic Change CMI Level 7 Course aims to provide leaders with the knowledge and practice of key approaches to lead change effectively. We will examine the psychological and practical impact of change and introduce research-based models for navigating the organisation through crises, challenge and opportunity, with purpose of ensuring that organisational change can be achieved successfully.
This is a highly interactive programme which will focus on the practical application of psychologically based theories for real-world impact whilst following Lewin’s 3 step change model which has built the agenda of the programme: Unfreeze – Change – Refreeze.
Learners will feel empowered to return to their organisations with a structured plan to deliver change and the confidence to apply and communicate strategies for success.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
Designed for those with a minimum 3 years in senior management/leadership experience including managers, senior leaders, department heads, business owners, Board Members, CEOs, and trustees.
The key benefits from attending this course for learners include:
- An ability to develop a comprehensive change strategy aligned with organisational objectives.
- A clear perspective of how change effects themselves, their teams and their organisations.
- A detailed understanding of the most up to date psychological insight into the impact of chance and uncertainty, and how to engage with this.
- The skills and knowledge to overcome resistance to change and effectively manage stakeholders.
- An ability to recognise how crisis situations can impact on the emotional state and test the technical ability of people in organisations, and how to mitigate the negative impact through communication and emotionally intelligent managerial support.
- An ability to draw upon best practice to create a real-world strategy, for your organisation, and have this peer reviewed by fellow participants.
- An understanding of how to put in place deliberate steps so that you are able to lead confidently through adversity and build improved resilience in yourself and those around you.
*Please note that some of the materials and objectives may be subject to change depending on discussions, activities and needs of the cohort upon reflection of delegate responses to the pre-programme questionnaires.*
Outcome / Qualification etc.
Assessment
The CMI Level 7 Award in Strategic Management and Leadership is designed for Directors and Senior Managers who have the authority and personal inspiration to translate organisational strategy into effective performance.
This qualification requires senior and aspiring senior leaders to build on their skills in strategic management and leadership and to focus on the requirements of inter-organisational strategy. You will be required to take the theory, thought leadership and research discussed on the programme, and implement it in your professional life by focusing on your own leadership development, and positively challenging organisational strategy.
Delegates will be required to complete one 3000 - 4000 word written assignment that requires taught theory to be applied to the strategic organisational context:
- Unit 705: Leading Strategic Change
Support
As part of your course fee, you are given free and unlimited access to post-classroom tutorials. These are organised monthly and run by CMI qualified tutors to help guide learners through the assignment writing phase.
Training Course Content
Session 1
Vision for Change
Key Themes Include:
- Introductions & icebreaker
- Defining strategic change and choice
- Behavioural change – neuro logical levels
- Kotter’s 8-Step change model
- Kubler-Ross change curve
- Making the business case for change – the burning platform
- Using SWOT and PESTEL
- Creating vision for change
Session 2
Creating the Conditions for Success
Key Themes Include:
- Stakeholder engagement
- Establishing and monitoring success criteria
- Developing resilience to navigate change
- Creating the conditions for success – addressing team dysfunction
- Building and rebuilding trust
- Authentic leadership through change
- Transformational leadership
- Coaching as an agent of change
- Evaluating resistances to change
Session 3
Embedding Change
Key Themes Include:
- Establishing and maintaining motivation
- Supporting change agents within the workforce
- Embedding change as business as usual (sustaining the change through policy)
- Identifying and mitigating risk (Rasmussen)
- Developing your draft plan
- Group coaching session
Course delivery details
On completion of this programme, delegates will have:
- A clear framework through which to create, review, or refine their organisation’s EDI strategy and delivery plan, and develop success indicators and change milestones
- Enhanced knowledge, awareness, and skills to support their identity and practice as a change leader for EDI in their organisation, through modelling appropriate behaviours and facilitating the presence of allies at all levels
- Clarity and confidence about the immediate actions to be taken back at base through the development of a personal ‘project’ to be implemented, aimed at delivering practical results and positive change
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